Although the Police's fifth release, 1983's Synchronicity, would be their most commercially successful and lead to a sold-out tour of enormodomes (including New York's Shea Stadium), it would turn out to be the trio's final album and tour. Like all Police recordings, Synchronicity contains some obvious "filler" (such as the silly dinosaur tale of "Walking in Your Footsteps" and the almost unlistenable "Mother"), but for the most part, it's exceptional. One of 1983's biggest singles, the haunting "Every Breath You Take" is an obvious highlight, as well as other hits -- the cacophonous rocker "Synchronicity II," plus the far more temperate "Wrapped Around Your Finger" and "King of Pain." Also included are the oft-overlooked tracks "O My God," "Synchronicity I" (used as a concert opener on the ensuing tour), "Tea in the Sahara," "Murder by Numbers," and the Stewart Copeland original "Miss Gradenko." Few other albums from 1983 merged tasteful pop, sophistication, and expert songwriting as well as Synchronicity did, resulting in yet another all-time classic.
Waiting in my mailbox the other day was a stack of vinyls from Bob, and just like the last time he sent me a bunch of his doubles, I decided to post the album which received the most listens. In this case, it was probably a tie between U2's The Unforgettable Fire and The Polices’ Synchronicity. For the sake of not being overly repetitious with U2, I decided to post The Police. The Police are on.
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Jim Carrey said something kind of brilliant to explain his fanboy fondness for Jack White: "I like him so much that I never want to meet him."I feel the same way about many of my musical idols. Many of them are widely known to be not very nice people (Paul Simon, Pete Townshend, Miles Davis, etc.). But out of all of them, Sting takes the cake. Maybe I just never forgave him for the Police break...
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OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG. I feel like Kelly from the Office when Ryan moves into her area.I actually got tickets to see the Police on their opening night in Vancouver. This is soooooooooo exciting. Like many people, I never saw the Police play live. Not to mention this is one of the bands that my boyfriend and I connect on. My first birthday we celebrated together, he bought me the Message ...
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Early exclusive via Billboard.com:"Best Buy is the North American sponsor of the tour. Tickets will be scaled primarily at $225, $90 and $50. Tickets for Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal will go on sale Feb. 17. Other markets, including Boston and New York, will go on sale Feb. 20. Ticketmaster will orchestrate a pre-sale through a newly created Police tour website a few days prior to the genera...
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From side-line.com:Remember that we posted about the post punk band The Police reuniting in our blog ? And although the reunion news is still not being officially confirmed, we will go a step further now as we can reveal that The Police will open the Grammy Music Awards show on February 11, 2007. This will be the band's very first public performance since their induction into the Rock and Roll ...
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I read something yesterday about The Police getting back together because it will be the 30th anniversary of their first album. A bit ago I had written a post about breaking the bad news to my son that many of his favorite bands have broken up and he can expect no more new music from them. Each of my children have liked The Police. There does not have to include too much cajoling to make them l...
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Once you find that your hands are still willing,you can turn a murder into art . . .. . . and then (s)he snaps. Which is fun.
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I read something yesterday about The Police getting back together because it will be the 30th anniversary of their first album. A bit ago I had written a post about breaking the bad news to my son that many of his favorite bands have broken up and he can expect no more new music from them. Each of my children have liked The Police. There does not have to include too much cajoling to make them l...
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Early exclusive via Billboard.com:"Best Buy is the North American sponsor of the tour. Tickets will be scaled primarily at $225, $90 and $50. Tickets for Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal will go on sale Feb. 17. Other markets, including Boston and New York, will go on sale Feb. 20. Ticketmaster will orchestrate a pre-sale through a newly created Police tour website a few days prior to the genera...
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From side-line.com:Remember that we posted about the post punk band The Police reuniting in our blog ? And although the reunion news is still not being officially confirmed, we will go a step further now as we can reveal that The Police will open the Grammy Music Awards show on February 11, 2007. This will be the band's very first public performance since their induction into the Rock and Roll ...
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I've been such a lazy and useless Mogger lately, sorry. I've also been such a lazy and useless grad student. Hmmm. What to do then? Well, why don't I re-post this meme I recently answered on Facebook? Perfect!(Oh, memes. What would the lazy constituents of the blogging world do without you?)- - -Think of 15 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life or the way you look...
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Jim Carrey said something kind of brilliant to explain his fanboy fondness for Jack White: "I like him so much that I never want to meet him."I feel the same way about many of my musical idols. Many of them are widely known to be not very nice people (Paul Simon, Pete Townshend, Miles Davis, etc.). But out of all of them, Sting takes the cake. Maybe I just never forgave him for the Police break...
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OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG. I feel like Kelly from the Office when Ryan moves into her area.I actually got tickets to see the Police on their opening night in Vancouver. This is soooooooooo exciting. Like many people, I never saw the Police play live. Not to mention this is one of the bands that my boyfriend and I connect on. My first birthday we celebrated together, he bought me the Message ...
More >
Waiting in my mailbox the other day was a stack of vinyls from Bob, and just like the last time he sent me a bunch of his doubles, I decided to post the album which received the most listens. In this case, it was probably a tie between U2's The Unforgettable Fire and The Polices’ Synchronicity. For the sake of not being overly repetitious with U2, I decided to post The Police. The Police are on.
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| 1 Synchronicity I |
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| 2 Walking in Your Footsteps |
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| 3 O My God |
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| 4 Mother |
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| 5 Miss Gradenko |
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| 6 Synchronicity II |
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| 7 Every Breath You Take |
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| 8 King of Pain |
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| 9 Wrapped Around Your Finger |
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| 10 Tea in the Sahara |
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| 11 Murder by Numbers |
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